Fire-arm



(No Model.)

A. HYDE.

FIRE ARM. No. 326.986. Patented SeptQZQ, 1885.

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ANDREW HYDE, voE EATEIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,986, dated September 29, 1885.

pplication tiled November 20, i884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW HYDE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Hatfield,

in the county of Hampshire and Sta-te of'Massachusetts, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in FireAArms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention belongs to that class of tirearms in which a top-lever"action77 is used in connection witha striker contained within the receiver; and the first part ot' my inven.`

tion consists in the combination, with a boltactuatinglever and internal striker, of ah'and lever adapted to be swung from the outside of the receiver to,in that action, bring the striker to ahalf-cock and move the bolt to permit the gun to be broken open.

The second part consistsin the combination, with abolt-actuating leverand internal striker, of a handleveradapted to be swung from the outside of the receiverto, in one direction of its swing and in the same motion, bring the striker to a half-cock and move the lockingbolt, and adapted to, upon being swung in the reverse direction from its normal position,

Abring thestriker successively to a half-cock and full-cock,' or from a half-cock: to .a fullcock. Y l Y' The third part consists in the combination, with abolt-actuatinglever and-internal strik er, of a handlaction lever adapted to be swung to bring the striker to afull-cock and adapted to be farther swung to form a safety 7 catch to the striker and an external indicator.

The fourth part consists of spring-actuating means for returning the hand-lever to its normal position from either side to which it may be swung; and

The fifth part consists -of a novel arrangement and construction of thetrigger, dog, and half-cock notch in the striker, whereby when the striker is at a haltcock power applied to the trigger does not act in a direction capable of breaking oft'the metal forming the notch, and so releasing the striker.

My invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a vertical section through the receiver of a gun having my improvements, upon the dotted line x .fr of Fig. IV, and showing the parts in the position taken at the time of firing. Fig.

II iS the same section, showing the striker one end of a lever, C, pivoted atc, provided with a cam-block, D, at its end opposite the bolt B, and having a distending-spring, d, and operating byits vibration upon its pivot c to reciprocate the bolt B to and from a locking position.

E is a striker provided with a iiriug-point, L, upon one end and a mainspring to act upon the other,l and held to reciprocate in a straight line by the ringpoint L bearing in a corresponding hole in the breech wall of the receiver, and by a pin, f, received through a slot, e, coinciding with the direction of its movement. The striker E is also provided with a cam-block, m. upon its upper side, and with a half-cock notch, lz., and full-cock notch g upon its lower side.

J is a spring-actuated dog adapted to bear upon the lower side of the striker E, and

adapted also to be in operative Vcontact with the trigger.

H is a toplaction lever pivoted at t' and adapted to be swung by the hand to one side to cause acam inwardly projecting to come against block D of lever C to reciprocate the bolt B, and adapted to be in turn acted on. by means of the spring-distended head D, to be returned-to the position shown in Fig. IV. So much of this device is old. But in order to cause the swing of the lever H, in releasing the bolt B, to also bring the strikerFl to a halfcock, I interpose a cam-head, I, upon the lever between the block D of lever C and a cam-block. m, upon the striker, so that in the same motion of releasing the bolt B the striker is Amoved to a half-cock` as shown in Fig. II.

The full-cooking of the striker is effected by swinging the top lever in one direction and the half-cocking by a movement in the opposite direction from the central or locked position. When the top lever iS swung to throw the longer cam into engagement with the striker, the Shorter cam does not move the IOS r the striker to bring bolt-locking apparatus far enough to fully withdraw the bolt, and therefore the barrels remain locked.

In this device, as in a gun with hammers, a deliberate act is required in cooking, and the gun is absolutely safe at the time of opening or closing a loaded barrel.

The cam I is adapted to, upon a movement in the direction shown in Fig. III, bear against the block m of the striker to move it to a full cock, as shown in Fig. III. Said cam I is of the configuration as seen in Figs. III and V, so as to clear block D in this full-cocking movement, to thereby leave the gun bolted during said motion. The cam I is further adapted to be furtherswung from its full-cocking position to be on a dead-center with pivot t', to thereby securely hold the. striker against any action of the mainspring to throw it, as seen in Fig. III, and an outside shoulder on lever'H is adapted to come against a corresponding shoulder above the receiver and in its path, as seen in Fig. IV, to determine this safety position of the lever, and permit it to be swung thereto withont'care. The cam I is, from its configuration, as shown. adapted to be swung in the direction of fullcocking it from a fired position, as shown in Fig. I,to ahalfcock, or continuously to a full-cock, Without in the movement disturbing the bolt B, which is of advantage where mistires have occurred, and at other times.

In order. that the lever H may be returned to the position shown in Fig. IV upon being released by the hand from half or full cocking the striker, I form a V-shaped opening, y, in the periphery of the head concentric to the hinge i, and in a bore in the receiver, and opposite the mouth ofopening y, when the lever is in the position seen in Fig. IV. I place a spring, t, having a head, u, adapted to operate in connection with either face of opening y to bear against one or the other face as the lever H is swung in one orthe otherdirection. rlhe action, consequently, ot' said ,spring is to return and hold the leverHin place, as shown in Figs. I and IV.

y The opening y is relatively arranged with lever H and spring t to cause the lever, when swung into the safety position,(seen in Fig.` III,and indicated in dotted lines, Fig. IV,) to force the head u entirely out of opening y, to cause said head to rest upon the periphery of the lever adjacent to the mouth of opening y, so that the spring-catch no longer operates to return the lever H, but so that a slight movement of the free end of lever H by the hand permits the head u to once more enter opening y and the spring once more toact.

ing the hinge for the dog. and upon the pinf 7o guiding the striker, and there is little possibility of accidentally releasing the striker.

Without departing from the spirit ot my invention, the striker may loe hinged to be swungl to a half or full cock by the movement of lever H.

Now, having described my invention,what I claim isl. In combination, in a concealed-hammer gun, a pivoted actionlever, cam projections connected thereto atopposite sides ofthe pivot and of unequal length, and the striker placed in line of movement of the cams, so that a movement of the lever in one direction may halfcock,and in the other direction full-cock, the piece, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a pivoted boltoperating lever and the striker of a concealed-hammer gun having a projection in rear of said lever, of a top-action lever having a double cam projection within the frame between said hammer projection and boltlever, positioned to engage with hammer and lever, substantially as described.

3. In a concealed-hammer gun, the combination of a sliding striker having a projection thereon, a pivoted bolt-actuating lever, and a spring bearing against the same, and atop lever having two cam projections 0f unequal purchase Within the frame,extending between the bolt-lever and the projection on the striker, whereby the oscillation of the action-lever in one direction will move the striker to halt'- cock position without unlocking the bolt, while a movement in the other direction will cock the piece and unlock the bolt, as set forth.

4. In a concealed-haminer gun, the combination, with the striker having a projection therefrom,andabolt-actuatingleverpositioned in-front of said projection, of a top-action lever pivoted on `a line between the striker and bolt-lever, having a double cam projection, which when turned lies in a straight line between the striker projection and the boltlever, as set forth.

ANDREW HYDE.

Witnesses:

DAVID HILL, t J. ARTHUR WAINWRIGHT.

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